| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
Antonyms: |
take away, take out |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, come to rest on |
Synonyms: |
alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down |
Antonyms: |
ascend, take off |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | step down; land |
Synonyms: |
alight, arrive, come down, deplane, detrain, disembark, drop, fly down, get down, perch, rest, roost, set down, settle, settle down, sit, sit down, stop, touch down |
Antonyms: |
mount |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be calm; sleep |
Synonyms: |
be at ease, be comfortable, breathe, compose oneself, doze, dream, drowse, ease off, ease up, idle, laze, lean, let down, let up, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, put feet up, recline, refresh oneself, relax, repose, sit down, slack, slack off, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, unwind, wind down |
Antonyms: |
activate, be active, carry out, do, energize |
| Main Entry: | sit-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | civil disobedience |
Synonyms: |
complaint, demonstration, fast, grievance, love-in, march, passive resistance, peace march, peaceful protest, protest, rally, revolt, riot, sit-down, strike, walkout |
| Main Entry: | stoppage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | halt, curtailment |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, hindrance, interruption, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout |
Antonyms: |
beginning, continuation, go, start |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
Synonyms: |
arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
| Main Entry: | catch one's breath |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a short break |
Synonyms: |
breathe, ease off, mellow out, recuperate, relax, rest, sit down, slow down, stop for a breath, take a break, take ten, wind down |
| Main Entry: | sit-down strike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal to work |
Synonyms: |
called strike, out-law strike, sit-down, walkout, wildcat strike, work stoppage |
| Main Entry: | tie-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stoppage |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, gridlock, hindrance, immobilization, interruption, jam*, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout |